diff --git a/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c b/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c
index e5bdd4de773133b3291f346b14745ad702a9f432..076f826d5a505fc18547e435cce74ac5d686bf66 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_main.c
@@ -2596,7 +2596,7 @@ netxen_sysfs_read_mem(struct kobject *kobj, struct bin_attribute *attr,
 	return size;
 }
 
-ssize_t netxen_sysfs_write_mem(struct kobject *kobj,
+static ssize_t netxen_sysfs_write_mem(struct kobject *kobj,
 		struct bin_attribute *attr, char *buf,
 		loff_t offset, size_t size)
 {